From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Fri Aug 15 2003 - 02:35:12 MDT
On Thursday 14 August 2003 13:36, Robin Hanson wrote:
> On 8/7/2003, BillK wrote:
> > > http://hanson.gmu.edu/filluniv.pdf
> >
> >As an aside, Robin's excellent analysis assumes a space-capable
> >civilization whose main objective is expansion and colonisation. Like a
> >Star Trek type of civ. It doesn't help with the problem of WHY a
> >post-singularity civilization composed almost entirely of old, immortal
> >beings already in possession of virtually unlimited resources would want
> >to expand.
>
> My analysis is of a selection effect operating on motivations. Given
> a diversity of motivations, I look at what evolutionary selection on
> such motivations produces in terms of behavior at the leading edge of
> spatial expansion.
>
I am not at all sure that such an evolutionary analysis is applicable in any
meaningful way. Did you choose the "fitness" criteria in a way that escapes
being circular?
- samantha
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